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. >> well, mitt romney and paul ryan have canceled all of their campaign events tomorrow and at their last event in ohio romney asked people to help if they can. >> i want to mention that our hearts and prayers are with all the people in the storm's path. sandy is another devastating hurricane by all accounts and a lot of people are going to be facing some real tough times as a result of sandy's fury and so if you have the capacity to make a donation to american red cross, you can go online and do that. if there are other ways you can help, please take advantage of them because there will be a lot of people looking for help and the people of ohio have big heart, so we're expecting you to follow through and help out. >> well, we know early voting was canceled yesterday in maryland and power outages will certainly cause more problems for early voting but what about an actual delay of election day. it could happen. let's go to pete williams, nbc justice correspondent, but, pete, really? >> it could but it probably won't and, you know, today, chris, the president's spokesman jay carney, t
. >> well, mitt romney and paul ryan have canceled all of their campaign events tomorrow and at their last event in ohio romney asked people to help if they can. >> i want to mention that our hearts and prayers are with all the people in the storm's path. sandy is another devastating hurricane by all accounts and a lot of people are going to be facing some real tough times as a result of sandy's fury and so if you have the capacity to make a donation to american red cross, you can...
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folks within the romney/ryan camp. the way it's unfolding in the polls is not good. there's a report that says that romney is beginning to lose donors who were shifting their money to house and senate races. what's going on here? is this starting to take it its toll on the campaign? >> yes. in many ways what mitt romney's challenge is on wednesday night is to stop the bleeding within his own party and within his own camp. absolutely. behind the scenes, republicans are very worried. some are saying so publically. if mitt romney doesn't reassure them within the first half hour of the debate, they are goners. now you're seeing already, a lot of the independent super pacs who are blessed with their own money are going elsewhere. they are desperately trying to keep a low margin in the senate. the democrats still hold it. republicans have faint hopes of taking it. they are looking at governors races, state legislatures, they are look at any place to protect themselves from what, at this minute, looks like a fairly comfortabl
folks within the romney/ryan camp. the way it's unfolding in the polls is not good. there's a report that says that romney is beginning to lose donors who were shifting their money to house and senate races. what's going on here? is this starting to take it its toll on the campaign? >> yes. in many ways what mitt romney's challenge is on wednesday night is to stop the bleeding within his own party and within his own camp. absolutely. behind the scenes, republicans are very worried. some...
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it says to vote for the americans romney and ryan. at an ohio event, a t-shirt saying "put the white back in the white house." the romney campaign denounced the message. these extremists will do anything to keep president obama from winning. the president was always going to know that it was going to be a really tough fight in this campaign. tomorrow he needs to do one basic thing. inspire his supporters. people who watch these debates want to know that their guy is on the same page with them. they don't want to be screaming tomorrow night saying this. that's really how it was in the first debate. the president needs to ease the memory of two weeks ago and show that he will fight to the very end for this country and for the middle class. every night on this show i say four words, let's get to work. tomorrow president obama is on the clock and he has his work cut out for him. get your cell phones out. we want to know what you think. tonight's question, will president obama win tomorrow night's debate? text a for yes and b for no to 622
it says to vote for the americans romney and ryan. at an ohio event, a t-shirt saying "put the white back in the white house." the romney campaign denounced the message. these extremists will do anything to keep president obama from winning. the president was always going to know that it was going to be a really tough fight in this campaign. tomorrow he needs to do one basic thing. inspire his supporters. people who watch these debates want to know that their guy is on the same page...
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romney supports paul ryan's budget, which could cut pell grants for poor students by $170 billion. it would also double student loan interest rates. mitt, which one is it. he was overheard saying the department of education, i will either consolidate with another agency or make it a heck of a lot smaller. will the real mitt romney stand up on education. romney's proposed budget would lead to massive cuts for for and disabled americans. it's ugly. we'll have more on that later in the program. as president obama points out, republicans like mitt romney are pushing policies to benefit the super wealthy at the expense of people like struggling students. >> republicans in congress have voted against new ways to make college more affordable for middle class families while voting for new huge tax cuts. for millionaires and billion airplanes. tax cuts that would have to be paid for by cut things like education and job training programs that give students new opportunities to work and succeed. >> the president knows what he's talking about here, he's a project of benefiting from opportuniti
romney supports paul ryan's budget, which could cut pell grants for poor students by $170 billion. it would also double student loan interest rates. mitt, which one is it. he was overheard saying the department of education, i will either consolidate with another agency or make it a heck of a lot smaller. will the real mitt romney stand up on education. romney's proposed budget would lead to massive cuts for for and disabled americans. it's ugly. we'll have more on that later in the program. as...
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we'll tell you about the most amazing part of the romney/ryan budget that people aren't talking about, but need to be. and by the way, it's not medicare. and we'll also tell you how and why the president is getting outspent and out-raised this campaign and what it could mean this november. we've got some nice coup de graces on those. and you'll want to see them. and then there's todd akin, boy, is there todd akin. as ed would say, let's get to work. deadlines. deadlines are exciting in politics. they're just great. if you're a reporter, you're always just kind of waiting there for something to happen. it's a problem. it's my problem. deadlines mean something has to happen. it's great. but today we had a truly exciting and unlikely deadline on our hands. one we didn't expect even a week ago. by 5:00 p.m. central time, republican senate candidate todd akin, he had the theory that the female reproductive system includes some kind of spermacide. this is a really big deal. as my friend rachel maddow explained last night, she hosts "the rachel maddow show". you've probably heard of it. it's
we'll tell you about the most amazing part of the romney/ryan budget that people aren't talking about, but need to be. and by the way, it's not medicare. and we'll also tell you how and why the president is getting outspent and out-raised this campaign and what it could mean this november. we've got some nice coup de graces on those. and you'll want to see them. and then there's todd akin, boy, is there todd akin. as ed would say, let's get to work. deadlines. deadlines are exciting in...
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it's actually important to remember, romney's budget is much more aggressive than ryan's. it's less specific, so it gets less attention, but it's much more aggressive. he has about $5.3 trillion in cuts in the next decade. romney is looking for $7 trillion and he's not keeping ryan and obaobama's medicare savings and he's increasing spending on defense, so it keeps going up. according to the center on budget and policy priorities, to make the numbers add up, you have to assume by the end of his presidency, mitt romney will have cut every single federal program that is not medicare, social security, or defense, by 57%. every program not medicare, social security, or defense, by 57%. now, because i live in the real world, i don't assume he's going to do that. i assume mitt romney's budget is a fantasy meant to trick republicans who haven't looked closely at the numbers and it's never, ever going to happen. when romney does talk spending cuts, he tends to focus, giving more evidence on things like repealg bama care, privatizing amtrak, and cutting arts funding and ending subs
it's actually important to remember, romney's budget is much more aggressive than ryan's. it's less specific, so it gets less attention, but it's much more aggressive. he has about $5.3 trillion in cuts in the next decade. romney is looking for $7 trillion and he's not keeping ryan and obaobama's medicare savings and he's increasing spending on defense, so it keeps going up. according to the center on budget and policy priorities, to make the numbers add up, you have to assume by the end of his...
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mitt romney saying the ryan budget is mafb louse even though it destroys the pell grants flip-flops and chases obama toward the young people saying me too, me too. phony, phony, phony. the reality is that he's got a problem with his party now because the most important republican on this issue virginia fox just last week said she doesn't care about these young people. the quote is, she's tired of hearing kids with $80,000 worth of loans complaining about it. there's no excuse for it. she just said it last week. he's running away from his party toward the president. can he drag his party? thank you for following the leadership. will you distance you're from virginia fox. will you stand with the hundreds of thousands of young people saying virginia fox should apologize. where are you now mr. mitt romney? are you going to flop back when you hear your party is not with you? >> this is obviously a political stunt by mitt romney. if he adheres and support the ryan budget, it does cut pell grants. this is a trick to try to hoodwink young people that don't know the full story it has to be. you
mitt romney saying the ryan budget is mafb louse even though it destroys the pell grants flip-flops and chases obama toward the young people saying me too, me too. phony, phony, phony. the reality is that he's got a problem with his party now because the most important republican on this issue virginia fox just last week said she doesn't care about these young people. the quote is, she's tired of hearing kids with $80,000 worth of loans complaining about it. there's no excuse for it. she just...
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john, what do you make of this ryan/romney connection? why are they so close? romney has not been this close to anyone on the campaign trail? >> it's a symbiotic relationship. paul ryan said he would consider an offer to run for vice president. four days later he endorsed mitt romney. we know what paul ryan wants from this. he would like to be vice president. what does mitt romney want? that's easy too. paul ryan is credible with the tea party. it's credible with conservatives. they see him as a movement man. the other thing is less spoken, he is a stone cold conservative. as right wing as rick santorum on these issues. it's a natural fit. >> why are none of them standing with scott walker? you can't get them together on the campaign trial. >> you might want to consider that scott walker ishe subject of a john doe investigion into criminal corruption. that photo might come back to haunt you not just if that goes bad but do you want to be photographed with a guy that is on your agenda and gets beaten in a recall election. >> howard, does paul ryan offer more to
john, what do you make of this ryan/romney connection? why are they so close? romney has not been this close to anyone on the campaign trail? >> it's a symbiotic relationship. paul ryan said he would consider an offer to run for vice president. four days later he endorsed mitt romney. we know what paul ryan wants from this. he would like to be vice president. what does mitt romney want? that's easy too. paul ryan is credible with the tea party. it's credible with conservatives. they see...
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because during the campaign, and even before that, paul ryan was the author of the romney/ryan budget, which increased taxes on the middle class to pay for $250,000 in tax breaks for the average person making more than $1 million. marco rubio went to 70 different cities in support of mitt romney and paul ryan's candidacy for president and vice president of the united states. he embraced the romney/ryan budget, repeatedly. he cast votes for it. he has embraced ending medicare as we know it. he has a record, they both do, of doing everything they could to ensure that the wealthiest, most fortunate americans have the wind at their backs and can do even better, and have done nothing to help the middle class. >> i find it interesting -- >> look, just because you say the words "middle class" -- sorry, go ahead. >> i find it very interesting that here's paul ryan out there talking about the middle class and now we've got to be concerned about all americans, but he's not stepping up right now saying, in the house, we could take this vote to help 98% of americans and move it forward. >> that's
because during the campaign, and even before that, paul ryan was the author of the romney/ryan budget, which increased taxes on the middle class to pay for $250,000 in tax breaks for the average person making more than $1 million. marco rubio went to 70 different cities in support of mitt romney and paul ryan's candidacy for president and vice president of the united states. he embraced the romney/ryan budget, repeatedly. he cast votes for it. he has embraced ending medicare as we know it. he...
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job destroying policies like the romney/ryan budget? let's be clear. stripping medicaid, converting it into a block grant program and then reducing the federal funding by as much as a third, that's going to shut down nursing homes across the country. it's going to kill women's jobs across the job. >> ann romney is arguing that marriage and contraception don't have anything to do with women's financial security. what is she talking about? >> well, frankly, she's dead wrong. if you listen to the crowd's response, ed, to the women who were talking at the democratic convention this week, it's the women and the men who understand the relationship between women's access to health care and especially women's access to preventive health care like birth control, mammograms and cervical cancer screenings. there's a direct connection between screening and economic security on the other. it's very much about respect for women's rights, but it's also very much about women's economic security. >> in that -- and the thing is -- >> in that interview, s
job destroying policies like the romney/ryan budget? let's be clear. stripping medicaid, converting it into a block grant program and then reducing the federal funding by as much as a third, that's going to shut down nursing homes across the country. it's going to kill women's jobs across the job. >> ann romney is arguing that marriage and contraception don't have anything to do with women's financial security. what is she talking about? >> well, frankly, she's dead wrong. if you...
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is ryan auditions for larger role in the romney campaign? >>> later, i'll talk to milwaukee may yoor. he's the latest democrat to jump into the race for the chance to take on scott walker. the chevy cruze eco also offers 42 mpg on the highway. actually, it's cruze e-co, not ec-o. just like e-ither. or ei-ther. or e-conomical. [ chuckling ] or ec-onomical. pa-tato, po-tato, huh? actually, it's to-mato, ta-mato. oh, that's right. [ laughs ] [ car door shuts ] [ male announcer ] visit your local chevy dealer today. now very well qualified lessees can get a 2012 chevy cruze ls for around $159 per month. e.p.a. estimated 36 miles per gallon highway. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's goo
is ryan auditions for larger role in the romney campaign? >>> later, i'll talk to milwaukee may yoor. he's the latest democrat to jump into the race for the chance to take on scott walker. the chevy cruze eco also offers 42 mpg on the highway. actually, it's cruze e-co, not ec-o. just like e-ither. or ei-ther. or e-conomical. [ chuckling ] or ec-onomical. pa-tato, po-tato, huh? actually, it's to-mato, ta-mato. oh, that's right. [ laughs ] [ car door shuts ] [ male announcer ] visit...
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. >> paul ryan was asked about the tax cuts for the millionaires proposed by romney and ryan's budget plans. he was a guest on fox news sunday with chris wallace and the vice presidential candidate made some missteps of his own. >> how much would it cost? >> it's revenue neutral. >> i'm just talking about -- the cut in tax rates. >> it's lower, all americans tax rates. it's revenue neutral. >> it's not unless you take away the deductions. we're going to get to that. the first half. lowering the tax rates. does that cost $5 trillion? >> no. >> the master of the power point was having a hard time making a point. let's break down what paul ryan is actually saying here. romney and ryan will give $5 trillion in tax breaks to the wealthiest americans. subtract an unspecified amount of money of unnamed deductions. somehow you're going to get a revenue neutral tax plan. it's a plan so bogus not even a fox news host can understand it. >> you haven't given me the math. >> i don't have the -- it would take me too long to go through the math. >> paul ryan, paul ryan, if you want to be a heartbeat
. >> paul ryan was asked about the tax cuts for the millionaires proposed by romney and ryan's budget plans. he was a guest on fox news sunday with chris wallace and the vice presidential candidate made some missteps of his own. >> how much would it cost? >> it's revenue neutral. >> i'm just talking about -- the cut in tax rates. >> it's lower, all americans tax rates. it's revenue neutral. >> it's not unless you take away the deductions. we're going to get...
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but then to pick paul ryan and muzzle him, i thought ryan was more damaging to the ticket than romney was on the sunday shows because if you don't let him talk about what he believes, he was like sarah palin. gasping for air. he didn't have an answer if he's told to not to talk about what he believes. >> people expect him to be bland and talk about the numbers and the facts and here's what you need to know. >> how much of a political opening is it for the democrats? and actually, let's say every democrat across the country running has to go home and defend obama care. the democrats have accepted. we like obama care. that's what it is. doesn't it make it easier to accept it and even sell it on the campaign trail when you have mitt romney accepting some provisions that are working for americans right now? >> well, to start with, when they were having this debate a few years ago, there were provisions that republicans agreed with. the problem is when you say i'm going to repeal obama care and leave it as a finite thing and come back and say except for these things, you have to say what a
but then to pick paul ryan and muzzle him, i thought ryan was more damaging to the ticket than romney was on the sunday shows because if you don't let him talk about what he believes, he was like sarah palin. gasping for air. he didn't have an answer if he's told to not to talk about what he believes. >> people expect him to be bland and talk about the numbers and the facts and here's what you need to know. >> how much of a political opening is it for the democrats? and actually,...
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romney and mr. ryan are using redistribution as shorthand to suggest that mr. obama's principal goal is to soak the rich so that money will keep flowing for social program handouts to the lazy and undeserving." and well-to-do romney supporters, well, they believe it. one woman attending a romney fund-raiser over the summer articulated her frustration to the "los angeles times." "but my college kid, the babysitters, the nail ladies, everybody who's got the right to vote, they don't understand what's going on. i just think that your lower income, one, you're not as educated, two, they don't understand how it works, they don't understand how the systems work, they don't understands the impact." but things have gotten better for the rich. wall street profits, soaring through the roof. productivity has surged. yet wages remain stagnant, as this chart from mother jones points out. if the median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970, it would now be nearly $92,000, not $50,000. today, "forbes" reported that the net wealth of the richest americans
romney and mr. ryan are using redistribution as shorthand to suggest that mr. obama's principal goal is to soak the rich so that money will keep flowing for social program handouts to the lazy and undeserving." and well-to-do romney supporters, well, they believe it. one woman attending a romney fund-raiser over the summer articulated her frustration to the "los angeles times." "but my college kid, the babysitters, the nail ladies, everybody who's got the right to vote, they...
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is ryan auditioning for a larger role in the romney campaign? howard fineman and john nichols will join me on that subject. >>> later i will talk to milwaukee mayor tom barrett. he's the latest democrat to jump in the race to take on scott walker in june. stay with us. thanks for babysitting the kids, brittany. so how much do we owe you? that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance your mortgage with quicken loans, you'll find that our rates and fees are extremely competitive. because the last thing you want is to spend too much on your mortgage. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ romney and paul ryan. so attached they started to do the same polls. and rick santorum is practically begging for an upset in wisconsin. john nicole an howard fineman are joining me next. scott walker, the recall is underway and he's getting major help from outside of the state. i will be joined by state senators and i will have an exclusive interv
is ryan auditioning for a larger role in the romney campaign? howard fineman and john nichols will join me on that subject. >>> later i will talk to milwaukee mayor tom barrett. he's the latest democrat to jump in the race to take on scott walker in june. stay with us. thanks for babysitting the kids, brittany. so how much do we owe you? that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance...